Consumer health information services: Preliminary findings about who is using them

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-115

  Bang, Debbie L ^a   Farrar, Sheryl ^b   Sellors, John W ^a   Buchanan, Don H ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Program   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumer Health Information Centres; Consumer Health Information Service; Health information; Health Information Support and Telephone Services (HISTS)

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031893233     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022647203117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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